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Why Return of the Jedi is so good
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pveugelaers
Return of the Jedi (1983) is a good movie to herald in the New Year. Why? Because it is so positive. Yeah, I could nitpick, but Return of the Jedi is so much more. Return of the Jedi may not be as tightly written as the previous episodes in the trilogy, but it does have…
The year’s gone with the wind
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pveugelaers
Gone with the Wind is a traditional holiday movie around Christmas and New Year’s. It has that epic scope that makes it a worthy holiday film. Perhaps a soap opera, this film has people and the days of their lives at its core. It’s told on a huge canvass and is set in the South…
As good as it gets this Christmas
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pveugelaers
Christmas is not a bed of roses. “Merry Christmas” is not merry for some. The infectious, good natured comedy As Good as It Gets (1997) is apt viewing because Merry Christmas is a ‘broken hallelujah’. Though not a real Christmas movie, it even contains some profanity so is hardly Christ-mas strictly speaking, it’s got that…
Christmas with “ It’s A Wonderful Life ”
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pveugelaers
It’s A Wonderful Life is 70 years old this December 20. It’s a wonderful life. Radical statement? Or true? My feeling is that some people today have been used to a wonderful life, but then come the spanners in the works, such as disasters, terrorism and terrible weather. The wonderful life has gone to the…
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